Living Things International Arts Festival

  • Promotional image for the Living Things International Arts Festival, January 20 to 31, 2027. The graphic features two acrobatic performers suspended upside down while holding hands under warm amber stage lighting. Text promotes a multidisciplinary festival featuring theatre, circus, dance, animation, film, music, puppetry and workshops, alongside the quote, “Absolutely unforgettable... my favourite event of the year!”

January 20th - 31st, 2027

The Living Things International Arts Festival is an annual ten-day celebration of contemporary live performance, animated films, visual art and music, with accompanying workshops, artist talks and public forums. Curated by Professor Emeritus Neil Cadger, and produced by Inner Fish Performance since 2017, the festival presents a wide spectrum of artistic expressions, including object theatre, puppetry, dance, music, visual art installation, and interdisciplinary performance. Artists from across Canada and internationally gather for 10 vibrant days with the local community in the depths of winter.

For additional festival information, please visit the Living Things Festival and Inner Fish Performance websites.

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Each pass includes one ticket to each of the following productions:

  • IMAGO and Obsidian - January 21st - Rotary Centre for the Arts
    Baleines - Jan 23 - Kelowna Community Theatre*
    CLÀSSICS by Jordi Bertran - Jan 23 - Rotary Centre for the Arts
    Objects In Motion - Jan 26 - Rotary Centre for the Arts
    Right in the Eye: Movie-Concert - Jan 27 - Rotary Centre for the Arts
    Latin Dance Party! - Jan 30 - Black Box Theatre

Pricing: $187.00 including fees & GST

*Please note: The presentation of Baleines at the Kelowna Community Theatre occurs at 2, 3, 4, and 5 pm on January 23rd. Your pass will default to the 2 pm showtime. If you would like to attend at a different time, please contact the box office.

Festival Schedule

Promotional image for Corpo Imago: IMAGO Circus + Obsidian by Melkior Arthur, presented by the Rotary Centre for the Arts and Living Things. Two circus performers are pictured in an acrobatic pose against a dramatic orange, purple and dark blue background with the large word “IMAGO.” Performance Thursday, January 21, 2027 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mary Irwin Theatre in Kelowna, BC.

 

IMAGO and Obsidian

📅 Thursday, January 21st 2027

⏰ 7:30 pm

📍 Mary Irwin Theatre: Rotary Centre for the Arts

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Promotional image for “Clàssics” by Jordi Bertran, an intimate on-stage performance featuring puppetry and object theatre. The collage includes a skeleton marionette posed in front of a coffin-shaped prop, a puppet creating a large soap bubble at a table, a gold-draped marionette, and a puppeteer manipulating a small string puppet under stage lighting.

 

CLÀSSICS By Jordi Bertran
An Intimate On-Stage Performance

📅 Friday, January 22nd, 2027

⏰ 7:30 pm

📍 Kelowna Community Theatre

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Promotional image for Baleines featuring an ensemble of performers suspended underwater in a dark, theatrical setting. Dressed in contrasting red, yellow, white and black clothing, the performers float upright, sideways and at angles beneath the rippling water’s surface, creating mirrored reflections. Dramatic blue-green underwater lighting illuminates the figures against a nearly black background.

 

Baleines: Video Installation by Compagnie Moscou-Bonté

📅 Saturday, January 23rd, 2027 

⏰ 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 pm

📍 Kelowna Community Theatre

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Promotional image for “Clàssics” by Jordi Bertran, featuring a collage of puppetry performance photos. Images show a skeleton marionette posed in front of a coffin-shaped prop with a white cross, a character puppet creating a large soap bubble at a table, a gold-draped marionette, and a puppeteer operating a small string puppet under blue stage lighting.

 

CLÀSSICS By Jordi Bertran

📅 Saturday, January 23rd, 2027

⏰ 7:00 pm

📍 Mary Irwin Theatre: Rotary Centre for the Arts

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Promotional image for Objects in Motion, presented by Living Things, on January 26, 2027 at 7 p.m. The graphic features a still from “Please” by Anna Mantzaris showing a stop-motion puppet figure lying on a floral-covered bed in a dimly lit bedroom. A bold yellow and black banner across the top reads “Objects in Motion.”

 

Objects In Motion

📅 Tuesday, January 26th, 2027

⏰ 7:00 pm

📍 Mary Irwin Theatre: Rotary Centre for the Arts

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Promotional image for Right in the Eye: Live Movie-Concert of Georges Méliès’ Films, a creation by Alcoléa & Cie. A collage shows musicians performing live onstage with keyboards, percussion and an open piano while black-and-white silent-film scenes are projected behind them. Beside the performance photos, illustrated artwork depicts a fantastical hot-air balloon carrying performers through a starry sky above the ocean.

 

Right In The Eye: Live Movie-Concert

📅 Wednesday, January 27th, 2027

⏰ 7:00 pm

📍 Mary Irwin Theatre: Rotary Centre for the Arts

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Promotional image for Poiesis Quartet, a chamber music performance presented by the Rotary Centre for the Arts, Living Things and Chamber Music Kelowna Society. Four musicians pose with two violins, viola and cello against a soft pink background. Performance Thursday, January 28, 2027 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mary Irwin Theatre in Kelowna, BC.

Poiesis Quartet

📅 Thursday, January 28th, 2027

⏰ 7:30 pm

📍 Mary Irwin Theatre: Rotary Centre for the Arts

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Promotional image for the Living Things Latin Dance Party featuring a collage of live music performances. Musicians perform onstage with guitar, flute, maracas, upright bass and hand drums under colourful red and blue lighting. The Living Things Latin Dance Party logo appears prominently against a black background.

 

Latin Dance Party!

📅 Saturday, January 30th, 2027

⏰ Dance Lesson - 7:00 pm, Event - 7:30 pm

📍 Black Box Theatre

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